Andrew Theodorakis/New York Daily NewsCarmelo Anthony’s final assembly is with a Knicks who offer max agreement after All-Star’s free-agent insanity debate creates stops in Chicago, Houston, Dallas and L.A. (to pronounce with a Lakers).

A preference from Carmelo Anthony could come this weekend following a second assembly with a Knicks’ tip officials in Los Angeles on Thursday that resulted in group boss Phil Jackson charity a seven-time All-Star a max understanding of $129 million over 5 years.

The Daily News reported on Monday that Anthony entirely approaching a Knicks charity a limit agreement notwithstanding Jackson publicly severe a giveaway representative brazen to take less. Jackson and conduct manager Derek Fisher met with Anthony late Thursday afternoon after Anthony conferred with a Lakers for dual hours. Los Angeles, that could remove Pau Gasol in giveaway agency, offering Anthony $96 million over 4 years, that is a many any group other than a Knicks could offer him.

A source tighten to Anthony pronounced he “doubted” that Anthony would make a written agreement on Thursday. Free representative deals can’t be rigourously sealed until Thursday, though it is transparent that a Knicks are creation swell toward re-signing their tip player. In fact, a Knicks were anticipating that Anthony could assistance them partisan Gasol, who would have to take a $15 million compensate cut to join a Knicks. It seems unlikely, though Gasol is deliberation identical deals from a Oklahoma City Thunder and a San Antonio Spurs. The Miami Heat is also posterior Gasol. If a Knicks were to re-sign Anthony and pointer Gasol they will have significantly upgraded their roster, entrance after a trade to acquire indicate ensure Jose Calderon, who is Gasol’s teammate on a Spanish inhabitant team.

Anthony finished adult his cross-country recruiting debate in Southern California, that is where he lives during a offseason. The Lakers give Anthony a event to play alongside his good crony Kobe Bryant, though Los Angeles, entrance off one of a misfortune seasons in authorization history, could onslaught only to make a playoffs subsequent year.

Howard Simmons/New York Daily News Who me? The Knicks are looking to secure Carmelo Anthony’s lapse to New York.

Anthony has pronounced via a year that winning a championship is his primary goal, that is because he began his outing Tuesday in Chicago with a Bulls. On Wednesday, Anthony flew to Houston and Dallas to accommodate with a Rockets and Mavs, respectively. The Bulls are noticed as a many critical challenger to a Knicks, though Anthony could be withdrawal anywhere from $25 million to $50 million on a list if he sealed with Chicago.

Bryant was returning from a outing to Europe and was incompetent to attend Thursday’s assembly though he does pronounce with Anthony regularly. That Thursday’s meetings between Anthony and a Lakers and Anthony and Jackson took place in Los Angeles is engaging on several levels. For one, it puts Jackson in approach foe with his former bar and his fiancee, Lakers VP Jeanie Buss.

It didn’t take prolonged for a initial peculiar turn in a Jackson-Buss attribute to occur. In fact, when a Knicks hired Jackson, a NBA sent a memo to a Knicks and Lakers reminding them of a intensity dispute of interest. Lakers boss Jim Buss, Jeanie’s brother, also deserted a idea of re-hiring Jackson to manager a bar after Mike Brown was dismissed dual seasons ago.

It’s also value observant that Anthony was scarcely traded to a Lakers by a Nuggets before a Knicks acquired him in Feb of 2011, though during a time Jim Buss refused to partial with core Andrew Bynum.

The Lakers have mislaid some of their cache in new years, starting with Dwight Howard withdrawal a bar to pointer a giveaway representative understanding with a Rockets final summer. The Lakers are in a position to pointer both Anthony and LeBron James, though that unfolding appears unlikely. In many ways, it shows how most a Laker code has been damaged.

The Lakers might be even reduction appealing to Anthony should they remove Gasol. Also, Bryant is recuperating from a knee damage that singular him to only 6 games final season.

THE BIG KURT
Long-time Lakers manager Kurt Rambis is approaching to join Fisher’s coaching staff. Rambis, a former conduct manager with both a Lakers and Timberwolves, was mentioned as a probable claimant to manager a Knicks if Fisher incited down a job.